Rune_Alchemist

Herculean Academy: Arc 1 - Welcome To The Academy

Forge his parts in the IC :3

@Daxam

...Diabolical. I love it x3

Herculean Academy: Arc 1 - Welcome To The Academy

Okay....

Me, Fell, and Zol are all working on the first post of the IC, Via a rather large collab thing.

Unfortunately, while we are almost all done, Zol had to leave for the night so we will most likely have to finish it tomorrow sometime.

So clooooose~ xP

Herculean Academy: Arc 1 - Welcome To The Academy

Okay, Shifter and Soge, your CS's are up :D

....I'll add them to the first post later. Kinda...need...to do something else for a bit xD

I need a bit of a break xP

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@Shifter_Master's Active Characters

Kyle Anderson

“How do you not stare in to the Abyss when it’s all you can see when you close your eyes?”

.:Real Name:.
Kyle Anderson

.:Superhero Alias:.
Nothing yet

.:Gender:.
Male

.:Age:.
17

.:Appearance:.
On his better days.
On his less better days

Existence

.:Power Set:.

.:Eldritch Existence:.
Kyle is slowly turning in to something Alien, something outside the constraints of Physical laws and needs, something outside normal reality. What he is turning in to holds vast, powerful potential, but Kyle is frightened to learn what he can do, because every new thing he learns strips away another small piece of what humanity he has left and stains his sanity just that much more.

.:Eldritch Physiology:.
Since the awaking of his powers Kyle’s basic physiology has been altered, and while he is still figuring out all that he can now do, there are a few things he has noticed.
-He now only needs about 3 hours of sleep every other night.

- He heals at an accelerated rate, healing bones in days, minor bruises and cuts in hours, he even can regrow lost limbs though this take a rather long time. In addition his body has become more resistant to damage and the elements.

-His dietary needs have become an utter mystery as he has found that nearly nothing satisfies him, his appetite has also increased dramatically, yet hasn’t really figured out a way to satiated it. He can eat and digest nearly anything at the moment, but hasn’t found anything that fulfills his hunger.

-none of his organs, save for his brain, seem to be required for sustaining his life.

.:Eldritch Mind:.
Kyle’s mind no longer functions as a normal humans mind does, it sees things according to a set of alien realities. This is both a boon and curse however. His alien mind is structured differently than normal people so mental assaults are doomed to fail unless the attacker is aware of how Kyle’s mind is set up, but Kyle but is slowly losing what it means to be human.

To Compound matters, Kyle is no longer the only thing inhabiting his mind, the second presence is benign but is also a true Eldritch entity, currently it is content to watch Kyle grown and whispers hints to Kyle in the deep recesses of his unconscious.

.:Eldritch Corruption:.
The most potent ability that Kyle has is one he is not even actively aware of, He has the ability to inflict his Eldritch taint on to the world and then manipulate anything so tainted as if it was his own body. It is a slow process, one that requires constant contact with Kyle over the course of weeks for the Corruption to fully take hold, for everything fights against its influence. With knowledge of this capability he would be able to speed up the process but it will still take time.

Upon something being corrupted it is turned in to the same organic compound that currently makes up Kyle’s entire body, from there it can be molded the same ways that his body can. He can even permanently add this new mass to his person, for otherwise it will rot away within a day.

Even when he learns of this power he will have to be wary of its limitations, He is incapable of effecting other living being, regardless of their origin.There is also a limit of how much he can control before either his abilities run rampant outside of his influence or his brain cracks. Corrupted matter rampaging outside of his control rots within an hour.

Currently only his own clothes have been such affected, but no one has noticed yet.

.:Eldritch Body:.
The most obvious ability Kyle has learned is that his body is very malleable, it can bend and twist and change at his whim growing new limbs or removing vital organs, changing density or elasticity. He is a giant ball of organic clay that theoretically he can do anything with, but due to his limited knowledge and understanding he tends to just listen to his “instincts”, leaving him to be rather basic, albeit alien, often with tentacles, excessive amounts of eyes, large amounts spines and quite a few extra mouths, in his morphablity. The full extent of this ability has not been discovered due to a simple fear he has regarding his the loss of his sense of self, as he feels both more and less himself with each change. Thus he rarely transforms his whole body, normally only one of his arms, or both of his legs if required, and even then he is hesitant.

Additionally while transformed, even partially, his physical attributes are enhanced to top human potential, but only for the parts of him that are no long transformed. It should also be noted that none of the transformations are permanent, and will reverse upon unconsciousness if not changed back by Kyle beforehand.

Another application of his changeable nature of is the modifying of his blood. To date he has only learned two applications of this. One allows him to temporary impart his increased healing aspect to another person. Allowing them to swiftly heal from wounds, it is a delicate process however and not one he can perform in combat as it takes a lot of concentration to modify his blood in such a way.

He can also mold his blood in to a highly acidic substance that affects most every organic thing, though he is immune to this acid blood. It is easier to turn his blood to acid as well opening it up for use in combat.

.:Other Skills:.

- Kyle is and always has been a talented Artist, focusing mainly on Sculpting.

- Kyle always had a good memory, since his powers woke it has only gotten sharper, though there are some of his earlier memories that have been lost or twisted due to his powers.

- Due to how his mind now processes information Kyle has found that he can quickly gain a fair understanding of all languages just by listening to people talk in them for a bit.

- An innate grasp of Biology, recently developed

.:Weaknesses:.

- First and foremost, Kyle is scared of getting more skilled with his powers.

- Standard maths and sciences. While weak at the moment his "instinctive" understanding of eldritch truths makes understanding the laws of physics difficult.

- Animals. Kyle’s presence tends to trigger animals fight or flight instincts immediately.

- Cold iron. A rare, magical, variant of Iron useful in destabilizing arcane energy. Kyle has, what is best described as, a severe acute allergic reaction to this material.

- Kyle suffers from a fair amount of dissonance due to his powers. His body and mind seem alien to each other most of the time, only when he is in full swing of his powers does he feel normal, but that fact scares him as well.

- Kyle has only had active awareness his powers for a few months so he is very inexperienced with them.

- Kyle is sorely lacking combat experience.

.:Personality:.

Kyle is a socialite, easily capable of moving from group to group, and was the most popular kid in his school back when he was attending normal school systems. He tries to be a good person, friendly, open, and polite, but he was part of the popular cliques so is more than capable of being heartless intentionally or otherwise.
He doesn’t seem to get angry or even upset, neither does he get downtrodden or depressed, an almost constant smile on his face (sometime two or three if he’s not paying attention) though his taste for humor has certainly darkened. He sympathizes well with others that are either afraid or un-wanting of their powers.

He appears optimistic always trying again never letting his failures get him down the thing is he knows that there is something wrong with him, he just has no idea what the hell is going on with him. He is hiding behind a cocky grin and an air of open nonchalance, hiding all the cracks and faults he can desperately trying to keep himself from falling to pieces as his sanity twist slowly out of his grasp.

But he won’t go down silently, he will fight till the bitter end, and maybe he will figure out something that he can leave behind in case someone else ends up needing a hand with his same problem.

.:Backstory:.

Once he was an average student, living the popular life in high school, coming from an upper middle class family he had money, looks and charisma to be living every students dream. He was also talented in the arts skilled at sketching; painting, sculpting, even dabbled in acting for a time.

His parents, well he knew that one was a scientist of some sort, his father if he remembers right. His mother, he wasn’t sure if she had a job. He and his parents never really got along; they would always compare him to his older brother, a person that Kyle has never met, always away on vacations or work leaving him by himself more often than not. What he never learned was how a scientist could make enough to live in relative luxury, and take two or three vacations a year, yet not be front page news. The reason? His parents weren’t as morally upstanding as they appeared. They were both moderately successful villains, both steeped in dark arcane ways, with just a touch of mad science.

The last day of being normal started like any other. The same morning routine before he headed off to school, but instead of taking the tests that the day had, rather than chatting with his peers, the worlds of so many students came within a hair’s breadth of crashing down around them, for this day another student had finally had enough with being bullied.

Who the student was Kyle doesn’t know they were on opposite ends of the totem pole, but this lonely hurt and pained student had finally had enough with how his life a school was and decided to change things forever with backpack full of ammo and a 9mm pistol.

The student never got far along with his plans however as he only got off two shots before Kyle tried to tackle him and wrestle the gun away from him. After this point Kyle only remembers a few things with any clarity, one was that he had been shot at some point, and the second was a mind numbing terror that had spread through him.

When he had next woken up he was being held in the hospital with an armed guard, but nothing seemed to fit right in his head, he panicked, screaming for help, as his arm grew in the a bladed tendril of flesh and blinked at him, or was it smiling? It didn’t take long for Herculean academy to learn about Kyle, it took even less time for Kyle to agree to go to the school, he was scared by what was happening to him, and they were telling him they could help. They also wanted to keep an eye on Kyle; he was much older than most are when they first show qualities of their powers, and his were more alien then most are comfortable with.

.:Other:.
-He doesn't actually need the glasses he wares, he wares them because he thinks they look good on him.

-He is 6'1"

-His tattoos are in fact due to his ability to change his body, and he often will change them at a whim. It's the only part of his new found abilities that he enjoys.

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@Great Sogeking's Characters
Dropped the RP~

Blake Reyes

Real Name: Blake Reyes

Superhero Alias: N/A

Gender: Male

Age: 14

Appearance:

Power Set: Manipulation of light - Blake can manipulate the light around him by redirecting the flow of it, increasing the intensity of it, or by giving it a physical form that he can use offensively or defensively.

Light is physically manifested in the form of thin walls or barriers that he can freely toss around. The stronger they are, the more energy it eats up. So where a weak wall or barrier that can block an ordinary little punch will barely make him blink, a strong wall or barrier that can block a speeding bullet is gonna wind him pretty hard.

He can affect and manipulate light up to ten feet around him.

Other Skills: He’s a very fast runner and can run for a fairly long time before he tires out.

Weakness: Blake is at his strongest during the day, since light is everywhere and he’s free to pick at it as he chooses. At night and in the dark, however, he’s constrained to manipulating whatever’s producing light at the time. He’s also just a squishy (albeit athletic) human, so he’s not as particularly resilient without his powers. He doesn’t like being called weird, even if it’s as a joke. In some cases it will infuriate him, and in other cases he’ll just get very defensive about it.

Personality: Blake is an energetic and friendly young man that often acts before thinking and says what comes to mind first. He’s not a fan of sitting around and idling time away with nothing, he likes to occupy his time by doing something active, be it indoors, or outdoors. He also idolizes superheroes and wants to be one that can help and protect everyone. This has shaped his sense of justice into one that doesn’t turn a blind eye to troubles or crime. He’ll jump in fists blazing if he sees trouble afoot. Though if the situation is just a bit too delicate for fists, he's willing to give that talking thing a try. Blake believes in doing what’s morally right, even if it requires stepping outside the bounds of the law.

Backstory: Blake and his brother were born to a normal Filipino couple in the southwestern United States. Their parents honestly weren’t born with any powers. Their father is an average joe businessman that works hard to support his family while their mother is a comic artist that primarily draws super robot based comics. They hadn’t a clue where their boys’ powers popped up from, but after reviewing the family history, it seemed that the boys had inherited their great grandparents’ powers. Funny how genes work, huh?

Growing up, Blake was surrounded by superhero media. Superhero comics, superhero news, superhero stories, he had this phase as a kid where he was religiously into superheroes. He was brought back down to Earth eventually, but he was still intensely interested in them because he had people he could relate to.

Blake was caught at the age of 5 using his powers to make a foostool to reach something just out of reach of his little hands. After a stern lecture over not touching mommy’s one of a kind figures, she and her husband eventually came to a decision to support Blake’s use of his powers and to encourage him to use them responsibly. To this end, they used superheroes to help give him a proper idea of how he should use them. Thus giving him his superhero fixation, idolization, and aspiration.

He didn’t have a full grasp over his powers until he was 12, but it was well known that he had superpowers via the good ol’ rumor mill. He was thought of as weird for it, unfortunately, but his brother always had his back, and they eventually made a small, but tight knit group of friends over the years.

Midway through middle school, Blake and Albert received their letters for Herculean Academy. Despite how inviting it seemed, they didn’t want to just drop everything and everyone they knew out of the blue, and held off on going to attend until they were through with it.

Other:

• Blake has a girlfriend back home. Sort of. He spilled his guts to her before he left and she returned them, but neither of them quite know how they’ll make the relationship work.
• Blake does not know how to ride a bike.
• Blake likes to collect superhero merchandise, but doesn’t really tell anyone since he doesn't want to look weird.
• Blake carries a small flashlight on him if he knows he'll be out late, just in case.
• Blake does not carry a modern phone and opts for a less advanced flip phone, insisting that's all he needs.

Al Reyes

Real Name: Albert “Al” Reyes

Superhero Alias: N/A

Gender: Male

Age: 14

Appearance:

Power Set: Manipulation of darkness - Al can manipulate the darkness around him by changing the shapes of shadows, increasing how dark they are, or by giving it a physical form that he can use offensively or defensively.

Albert gives darkness a physical form by pulling shadows out from the ground. Shadows appear as thin sheets that he can reshape from there to make them thicker, sharper, etc. Bigger shadows literally take more energy to pull out, and he can’t mitigate this by pulling smaller pieces out a time.

He can remotely control pulled out shadows, as well as unpulled ones in a ten feet radius around him. Pulled shadows automatically return to the object they belong to when he’s done with them.

Other Skills: He’s very good at working patiently and precisely, and is decently fluent in Tagalog.

Weaknesses: Albert is at his strongest at night, what with the whole “darkness all around you” thing. During the day and under the light, he has much less to work with, obviously. Especially if you diminish nearby shadows, including his own, to barely anything. Squishy ordinary human status applies to him as well without his superpowers. Being called weird doesn’t affect Albert as badly as it does Blake, but it does noticeably tick him off and break his focus.

Personality: Albert contrasts with his brother by being the quieter type that thinks before he acts. He’s also a bit lazy and tends to lay about or do little things that Blake wouldn’t have the patience to do. He has more fun staying indoors than outdoors most of the time. He idolizes superheroes as well, and thus believes in doing what’s right too. However, he’s a bit reluctant to act outside the law, as he doesn’t want to do deal with all the problems that could arise from that. At the end of the day, he’s more likely to try talking someone down with force being his last resort.

Backstory: Albert and his brother were born to a normal Filipino couple in the southwestern United States. Their parents honestly weren’t born with any powers. Their father is an average joe businessman that works hard to support his family while their mother is a comic artist that primarily draws robot or mecha based comics. They hadn’t a clue where their boys’ powers popped up from, but after reviewing the family history, it seemed that the boys had inherited their great grandparents’ powers. Funny how genes work, huh?

Growing up, Albert was exposed to the same amount of superhero media that Blake was, but wasn’t as wildly enticed by them. He was, instead, more interested in the works that his mother did, and developed a shared interest in the super robot genre. His interest in it didn’t get as wildly bad as Blake’s, but it did make him aspire to be a super robot pilot. After all, in a world with superheroes, it was only a matter of time before they were possible, right?

Instead, he discovered his actual superpower at the age of 9, after accidentally making shadow puppets that aren’t possible at all on a camping trip with his friends. He received the same support as Blake did from his parents and decided to roll with it since being a superhero is the next best thing to being a robot pilot.

Albert had an easier time getting accustomed to his powers than Blake since its main use was more straightforward than Blake’s. He initially kept it to himself since he didn’t want to get labeled just as weird, but by the time middle school started, everyone knew. Despite being labelled as “the weird twins,” Blake and Al powered through it thanks to each other and the few friends they made over the years.

Midway through middle school, Blake and Albert received their letters for Herculean Academy. Despite how inviting it seemed, they didn’t want to just drop everything and everyone they knew out of the blue, and held off on going to attend until they were through with it.

Other:

• Al is an avid collector of super robot merchandise, and likes to build small figures by himself.
• Al cannot ride a bike either, but he secretly taught himself how to ride a skateboard.
• Al likes to act out scenes from his favorite super robot series when he’s alone. Blake has caught him doing it once and it was awkward for the both of them.
• Al carries an umbrella on him if he can during the day, purely for the sake of extending his shadow.
• Al has a modern phone and frequently insists Blake go for the upgrade on his already.

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Woot! IC! I'll be busy tomorrow unfortunately, but always good to see things moving forward. On that, I'm not entirely sure on the status of my CS, as I haven't gotten final confirmation on it yet.

@Shifter_Master

Oh, sorry! I'll get to work on that! If Fell hasn't given you the Okay yet, then just assume its good, if me and Zol have okay-ed it. Really, Zol is the one you have to needlessly appease :P

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Morning everyone~

*ahem*

I know, you guys have all been waiting for awhile for the IC to be up! However, I will do my best to get it up today. If not then, tomorrow I promise. They really should have had it up over the weekend, but I digress.

I will definitely get Fell to put it up soon...if not, then I'll post it myself.

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is it bad that I look forward to that? >_<

@Vec

well.

If I wasn't about to go to bed, I'd continue this little thing~ xD

but bleh. My legs are killing me and I have a headache from not getting enough sleep.

So yeah...I'ma turn in for the night xD

See you all tomorrow. hopefully, I can get Fell to posting the IC tomorrow :D

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you forgot to add sadistic to the list

@Vec

....sadistic?

Who?

Me?~

My dear Vec, I have no idea what you are talking about!~
Now shush before I have to do something unpleasant~

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Trust me dude you can't make me feel anymore guilty than I already do :(

@XxFellsingxX

Guilty?

...who said anything about making you feel guilty? xP

obviously, I'd just give you a little push :P
...and a few words of encouragement :D

...in my usual snarky/sarcastic way :P